Cooking Measurement Conversions

YOU CAN'T CONVERT CUPS to POUNDS - A cup is a measure of volume. A pound is a measure of weight.
Would a cup of feathers weigh the same as a cup of gold? NO.

Please see the two separate Conversion Calculators below to see how to convert Volumes and Weights.

I've found that the best way to measure cooking ingredients is to do all the cooking measurements at home and dump all the ingredients into plastic bags. It works well for dry ingredients that can be pre-mixed but there's always some measuring of teaspoons and tablespoons that needs to happen in the field.
Here I've made a common cooking measurement chart so you can remember how many teaspoons in a tablespoon and how many tablespoons in a cup. I still never remember, so I've printed it and take it with me. There's also a cooking measurement conversion tool that might be fun to try, and some other odds and ends folks seem to need.

Cooking Measurement Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Measurement

tsp

teaspoon

Tbsp

tablespoon

fl

fluid

oz

ounce

pkg

package

c

cup

pt

pint

qt

quart

gal

gallon

lb

pound

sm

small

lg

large

Cooking Measurements

Granny's Measurements

Pinch, Dash, and Smidgen are a lot like Bunch, Few, and Some - there is no precise measurement. A pinch is what you can pick up between your finger and thumb. But, for folks that just have to know, here are commonly accepted conversions.